The European Wilderness Society

Our passion is Wilderness

The European Wilderness Society is the only Pan-European, wilderness and environmental advocacy non-profit organization with a dedicated multi-cultural and very experienced professional team of wilderness and wildlife specialists, nature conservationists, researchers and scientists, tourism experts, marketing and business professionals, legal advisors and wilderness advocates whose mission is to:

identify

designate

steward

promote

European WILDRivers, WILDForest, WILDIslands, WILDCoasts and Wilderness. We are also dedicated to the education of the next generation of Europeans on Wilderness.

Identifying Wilderness

We identify wild areas, old growth forest and wilderness with the help of local environmental organizations, governmental institutions and in direct contact with protected area managers.

Designating Wilderness

We designate these areas using the European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System (EWQA). The EWQA is based upon years of experience auditing, reviewing and consulting wilderness areas across Europe. Already 16 areas have undergone the detailed analysis of the EWQA and its predecessor auditing system managed by our team members. We also partner with local organization in the protection process of really valuable wilderness using financial mechanism like leasing or purchasing property.

Managing Wilderness

We assist in the management process of these areas by proving management capacity building training programs in our European Wilderness Academy and by hosting conferences like the European Wilderness Days. We also evaluate the management effectiveness and offer specialized consulting addressing the specific needs of an area or its management team.

Our website is a one-stop-shop for information about the European Wilderness. If you would like to be kept up to date on the status of European Wilderness please register for our European Wilderness Newsletter or follow us on FB, and Twitter, or join our open Linkedin group!

Promoting Wilderness

The European Wilderness Society also promotes wild areas, old growth forests and Wilderness by an extensive communication strategy including:

Our website is a one-stop-shop for information about the European Wilderness. If you would like to be kept up to date on the status of European Wilderness please register for our European Wilderness Newsletter, or follow us on FB, and Twitter, or join our open LinkedIn group!

Educating the next generation

In addition to the regular communication strategy, a special focus lies on educational programs aimed at the next generations. We develop together with protected areas school programs, outdoor experience wilderness camps, produce school magazine and visit schools.

Pan-European Presence

The European Wilderness Society maintains offices in Spain, Slovakia, Germany, Belgium, Ukraine and its headquarter in Austria.

Strategic partnerships

To fulfill its mission and to achieve its objectives, the European Wilderness Society maintains strategic partnerships with some of the best nature conservation organizations of the world. Including:

UNWTO (UNITED NATIONs WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION)

UNEP (UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME)

IUCN

WWF

Wei (Wild Europe Initiative)

John Muir Trust

Danube Parks 2.0

University of Klagenfurt

College FH Eberswalde

University of Leeds

Wildland Research Institute

CEEWeb

ETE

E.C.O

Eliante

Friends of the Earth

And others

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Cengiz Dalkıran 28/03/2018

Dear autorizied, İ am following you from your website. We are building a place to save nature in Kocaeli /TURKEY. This place is 190 ha square now , ıt will be 400 ha square . Our aim is save the forest and its inside. Expecially for save our regional wild animals . İ want to get your experiencises about wild life. İf you consider to share your knowledges, Please be in touch with me. Best regards…

I find it so heartwarming when people get together to save wild areas and wildlife. Everybody should consider the young generation who need to inherit what we have left for them and hopefully is is worth receiving.

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European Wilderness Network

The European Wilderness Network consists of the best Wilderness, WILDForests, WILDRivers, WIDCoasts and WILDIslands all across Europe. Every year new areas are being audited according to the European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System and are joining this ever expanding network. All members are audited and then classified according to the predominant habitat in the five categories.